Just a quick bit of confusion here...

Why do we have drvctl(8) and gpt(8) (for example only, there are
others) which put the device-to-act-on at the end of the command:

        gpt [-Hnqrv] [-m mediasize] [-s sectorsize] [-T timestamp]
            command [command_options] device

while others such as dkctl(8) and scsictl(8) put the device-to-act-on immediately after the utility name:

        dkctl device command [arg [...]]
        scsictl device command [arg [...]]

This just feels confusing, and leads to interesting error messages
if you enter the command in the incorrect sequence:

        # scsictl start sd0
        scsictl: start: No such file or directory


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